Charles University

Charles University offers a wide range of opportunities for students and staff to pursue their pastimes and hobbies. In addition to a range of music and drama societies and film clubs, the University also hosts many exhibitions during the academic year. Rare faculty collections from specific fields, often displayed in specialized museums, reflect the University’s rich and fascinating history.

Sport is an inseparable part of university life. It has enjoyed a long tradition at Charles University, and CU graduates and students have scored many sporting victories. Success, however, is not the only objective of sport. The saying “mens sana in corpore sano” says it all. It is only fitting that Charles University students and staff should benefit from a wide range of sporting opportunities.

The Charles University Student Union acts as a guide for university student organizations, facilitating communication and cooperation among them, developing a creative platform for active students, supporting the implementation of their ideas, and acting as a mediator providing information to all students about what is currently happening in the academic community.

Accommodation is provided in Charles University student halls of residence. Students are housed in double rooms. Single rooms are not available. A unit consists of a pair of rooms (two rooms with two single beds each) and a shared bathroom (shower and toilet). At the end of each corridor, there is usually a small kitchenette. Students can also use a lavatory and laundry-hanging rooms located elsewhere in the building (keys are available at the reception for a fee). Bedding and bed linen are provided (bed linen is changed regularly); towels and kitchen utensils (such as pans, plates, cups etc.) are not. 

The prices differ depending on the length of time for which the student makes an accommodation agreement, and depending on the fixtures of the room. The charge for 1 bed/day and length of accommodation from 30 – 90 days is approx. CZK 150. The charge for 1 bed/day and length of accommodation from 90 – 270 days is approx. CZK 120. A deposit of CZK 1,800 must be paid approximately 2 months before arrival.

Every year almost 9,000 people graduate from Charles University and they traditionally enjoy one of the highest employment rates of any population segment in the Czech Republic. The unemployment rate among CU graduates is really low - 2.6 %.